Summer Dissertation Proposal Workshop Howard University Washington, DC May 22–26, 2017 Agenda

DAY 1: MONDAY, MAY 22, 2017

Welcome | Slide Presentation

Charles L. Betsey
Co-Director, Howard University Center on Race and Wealth
Professor Emeritus, Department of Economics,
Howard University

Lawrence M. Berger
Director, Institute for Research on Poverty
Professor and Doctoral Program Chair, School of Social Work, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Rodney D. Green
Co-Director, Howard University Center on Race and Wealth
Professor, Department of Economics, Howard University

Participant Introductions, Mentor Introductions and Q&A

Some Suggested Readings on PhD Completion | Participant Expectations

Session I: Preparing a Dissertation Proposal: Overview | Slide Presentation

Charles L. Betsey
Howard University

Lawrence M. Berger
University of Wisconsin–Madison

Session II: Writing the Literature Review | Slide Presentation

Rodney D. Green
Co-Director, Howard University Center on Race and Wealth
Professor, Department of Economics, Howard University

Session III: Working Groups/Mentor Consultations

DAY 2: TUESDAY, MAY 23, 2017

Session I: Preparing a Dissertation Proposal: Writing the Introduction, Problem Statement, Purpose, Research Questions, and Hypotheses | Slide Presentation

Lawrence M. Berger
University of Wisconsin–Madison

Haydar Kurban
Professor, Department of Economics,
Howard University

Charles L. Betsey
Howard University

Session II: Writing the Methodology Section | Slide Presentation

Haydar Kurban, Howard University

Session III: Working Groups/Mentor Consultations

DAY 3: WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 2017

Session I: Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methods

Lawrence M. Berger
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Quantitative Slide Presentation

Sarah Halpern-Meekin
Assistant Professor, Human Development & Family Studies, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Qualitative Slide Presentation

Session II: Data Sources and Retrieval | Slide Presentation

Charles L. Betsey and Haydar Kurban
Howard University

Session III: Working Groups/Mentor Consultations

DAY 4: THURSDAY, MAY 25, 2017

Session I: Presenting the Dissertation Proposal

Panel Discussion

Session II: Individual Work/Mentor Consultations

Session III: Individual Work/Mentor Consultations

DAY 5: FRIDAY, MAY 26, 2017

Session I: Working Groups/Mentor Consultations

Panel Discussion

Session II: Proposal Presentations: Working Groups 1 and 2

Session III: Proposal Presentations: Working Groups 3 and 4

Workshop Wrap-up

Lawrence M. Berger, Rodney D. Green, Charles L. Betsey

Agenda | Meet the Mentors

Last updated: June 14, 2017